Are Crown assets a vital part of Canadian heritage?

I have noticed that the leftard chattering class has taken to complaining about the possibility of the Government selling any Crown assets. The basis of their outrage is that any selling of any Government land or property represents some loss of Canadian heritage and will inflict harm on Canadian culture. In my opinion the Crown owns a lot of assets that cost a lot of money but don't generate any revenue or benefit to the lives of average citizens. Yet neither am I advocating that we sell everything the Government owns; but rather that we examine individual cases where our Government owns something of value that doesn't generate value to Canadians but would generate value for sale to the open market.

It isn't a one size fits all, let's always do this or let's always do that. We should be looking at assets the Government owns but we don't need which could help us reduce the deficit if sold. Whether it has to do with reduced spending on the bureaucratic machine, or the selling of crown assets, it is not pragmatic to pain everything with one partisan brush. Each cut or sale should be examined individually on its own merits.